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Abolitionism

Op-Ed: Mauritania still tops the slavery charts despite banning the practice 10 years ago

Africa

Op-Ed: Mauritania still tops the slavery charts despite banning the practice 10 years ago

By Geoff Hill

The slave trade: Alive, kicking, and in a country very near you

Maverick Life

The slave trade: Alive, kicking, and in a country very near you

By Shaun Swingler

For the sins of the fathers: Caribbean countries sue for slavery, but what could it mean for SA?

World

For the sins of the fathers: Caribbean countries sue for slavery, but what could it mean for SA?

By Rebecca Davis

The house that slavery built gets a new home in Smithsonian

Maverick Life

The house that slavery built gets a new home in Smithsonian

By J Brooks Spector

150 years later, Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation remains a milestone

World

150 years later, Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation remains a milestone

By J Brooks Spector